Gender Male | Region of origin Iceland and Norway | |
Pronunciation Icelandic: [ˈcʰar̥tan]
Faroese: [ˈtʃʰaɻ̊ʈan] Word/name Old Irish name Muirchertach | ||
Kjartan ([ˈcʰar̥tan]; [ˈtʃʰaɻ̊ʈan]) is a masculine given name found in the Nordic countries, and is most prominently in Iceland and Norway. The Old Norse name Kjartan was a shortening of Mýrkjartan, from Old Irish: Muirchertach, the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish Mael Curcaigh, "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave. The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to Muircheartach, anglicised as Murtagh.
Kjartan may refer to:
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